Agent Side Grinder

Agent Side Grinder
Agent Side Grinder at Nocturnal Culture Night 2016 in Germany.
Background information
Origin	Stockholm, Sweden
Genres	Electronica, post-punk, industrial
Years active	2005 - present
Labels	Enfant Terrible, Hästen & Korset, Klangarkivet, Energy Rekords, Complete Control Productions, Progress Productions, Oráculo Records, Kollaps Records
Associated acts	Skriet, Henric de la Cour, Dirk Ivens, Eric Alm
Website	www.agentsidegrinder.com
Members	Kristoffer Grip Johan Lange Henrik Sunbring Peter Fristedt Thobias Eidevald
Past members	Aleksander Blomqvist

Agent Side Grinder is a cold wave band from Bromma, Stockholm , which was formed in 2005.^[1] The band has made four albums and toured extensively throughout Europe.

Their first two albums, Agent Side Grinder^[2] (2008) and Irish Recording Tape^[3] (2009) were rooted in post-punk, industrial and dark electro. The band quickly gained an underground following throughout Europe.

Their third album Hardware (2012) showed a bigger and more textured sound and was met with universal acclaim. It was named "album of the month" in Vice Magazine,^[4] topped several annual "best of-lists" including Dagens Nyheter,^[5] Metro and Time Out Paris and won the Manifest-award^[6] (Swedish indie-grammy) for best synth album in 2013. On the album also other Swedish musicians Skriet and Henric de la Cour^[7] are involved.

In 2015 they released their magnum opus Alkimia,^[8] a dramatic and melodic album that exceeded the success of "Hardware" (another Manifest win^[9][10]) and cemented Agent Side Grinder’s position as one of Europe’s leading synth-wave bands. The album contains a guest appearance by Nicole Sabouné.

Agent Side Grinder has a reputation of being a powerful and mighty live band. They have done seven European tours and played festivals such as M'era Luna Festival, Wave-Gotik Treffen,^[11] The Great Escape, Eurosonic, Les Transmusicales de Rennes, Entremurahlas,^[12] Bimfest,^[13] Drop Dead Festival and Arvikafestivalen. They have opened for bands such as Suicide and Laibach and collaborated with artists like Dirk Ivens, Kite and Henric de la Cour.

Members

Current members^[1]

• Kristoffer Grip – vocals
• Johan Lange – synthesizer
• Henrik Sunbring – synthesizer (2007–present)
• Peter Fristedt – modular synthesizer, tape loops
• Thobias Eidevald – bass guitar (2011–present)

Former members

• Alexander Blomqvist – bass guitar (2007–2011)

Discography^[14]

Studio Albums

Live Albums

Singles

Compilation Album

Compilation Album Various

References

1. 1 2 Agent Side Grinder on facebook
2. ↑ Release info Enfant Terrible: Agent Side Grinder album Archived April 6, 2016, at the Wayback Machine.
3. ↑ Release info Enfant Terrible: Irish Recording Tape album Archived April 5, 2016, at the Wayback Machine.
4. ↑ Vice Magazine Album of the Month April 2012: Agent Side Grinder Hardware
5. ↑ Dagens Nyheter: Agent Side Grinder: "Hardware"
6. ↑ Manifest award 2013: best synth album
7. ↑ Elektroskull: Liverapport: Agent Side Grinder (+Henric de la Cour, Skriet), Stockholm
8. ↑ Dagens Nyheter: Agent Side Grinder: "Alkemia"
9. ↑ Manifestgalan: Manifest award 2016: best synth album
10. ↑ Sydsvenskan: Manifest award 2016: best synth album
11. ↑ Wave Gotik Treffen 2015
12. ↑ Entremurahlas 2015
13. ↑ Bimfest 2014
14. ↑ Agent Side Grinder releases on Discogs

External links

• Official website
• discogs.com